compliant

adj
/kəmˈplʌɪənt/UK/kəmˈplaɪənt/US

Etymology

From comply + -ant.

  1. derived from *pleh₁-
  2. derived from *ḱóm
  3. derived from complēre
  4. derived from compli
  5. derived from cumplir
  6. derived from complir
  7. derived from complire
  8. suffixed as compliant — “comply + ant

Definitions

  1. Willing to comply

    Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

    • The suspect was compliant when arrested.
    • Tendon is compliant compared to bone.
  2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

    • The browser is standards-compliant.
    • The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    • Station capacity in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam remains a thorny issue, as does obtaining suitable Channel Tunnel-compliant trains.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compliant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at compliant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at compliant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA